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Chinese history repeatedly cycles through dynastic rise, peak, decline into anarchy, and the emergence of a new regional imperial hegemon.
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“And of course, we look at Chinese history,”
“it's the constant cycle of the rise of a dynasty,”
“its peak,”
“its decline into anarchy and then the rise of a new imperial hegemon in the region.”1:28:05Report a misattribution
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